Publications & Resources

Academic freedom-related reports, guidelines, scholarly works and other resources by Scholars at Risk and its partners

Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action

This joint report by the Global Public Policy Institute and Scholars at Risk introduces the Academic Freedom Index (AFi), a new time series and near-global dataset on several dimensions of academic freedom. It calls on decision-makers in higher education and

Virtual Resources

In the midst of these uncertain times, we want to stay connected with one another and support our members as we navigate this new normal. Scholars at Risk is rooted in our community, and we remain dedicated to serving not

Promoting Higher Education Values: A Guide for Discussion

Promoting Higher Education Values: A Guide for Discussion is intended to frame and facilitate discussion about higher education values and their implementation in a wide range of settings. It starts from the view that healthy higher education communities matter enormously. But to

Promoting Higher Education Values: Workshop Supplement

The Promoting Higher Education: A Guide for Discussion Workshop Supplement is a companion piece to the separate publication, Promoting Higher Education Values: A Guide for Discussion, and the free online course, Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters. The Guide is intended to frame and

Summary Report on Activities 2018-2019

The Summary Report on Activities outlines Scholars at Risk’s annual activities for the fiscal year spanning September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019. It covers the growth of our global network and our core work in protection, advocacy, research & learning

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Free to Think 2019

Free to Think 2019 is the fifth installment of an annual report by SAR’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analyzing 324 attacks on higher education communities in 56 countries between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019. “Attacks on higher education

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Obstacles to Excellence: Academic Freedom & China’s Quest for World Class Universities

Obstacles to Excellence is a new report from Scholars at Risk mapping threats to academic freedom that jeopardize China’s higher education ambitions. “For decades now, the Chinese government has invested heavily in academic institutions and programs designed to compete with the

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Getting Involved Brochure

Universities, colleges, and other institutional members of the SAR Network have a variety of opportunities to make a difference in protecting threatened scholars and strengthening the university space. The Getting Involved brochure provides a birds-eye view of the various opportunities

Promoting Core Higher Education Values: Perspectives from the Field

The EU-funded Academic Refuge project, which includes as partners UNICA, the University of Oslo, the University of Ljubljana, and SAR, has released an e-handbook, Promoting Core Higher Education Values: Perspectives from the Field. This free resource gathers testimonies on embedding academic values and refugees’ integration

Summary Report on Activities 2017-2018

The Summary Report on Activities outlines Scholars at Risk’s annual activities for the fiscal year spanning September 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018. It covers the growth of our global network and our core work in protection, advocacy, research & learning (values-promotion), as well as provides

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Free to Think 2018

Free to Think 2018 is the fourth installment of an annual report by Scholars at Risk’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, analyzing 294 reported attacks on higher education communities in 47 countries, from September 1, 2017, to August 31, 2018. Download

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Report of the 2018 SAR Global Congress

SAR is pleased to share the report of 2018 Global Congress, held April 23-26 in Berlin in partnership with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Freie Universität Berlin. The 2018 Global Congress brought together over 500 participants from more than 60

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SAR & NYU Skirball: We Are Syrians Podcast with Laura Flanders

Last October 2017, Scholars at Risk (SAR) partnered with NYU Skirball Center to share the stories of Naila Al-Atrash, Radwan Ziadeh, and Sana Mustafa, three generations of Syrians who spoke out against the Assad regime and were ultimately forced to

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Summary Report on Activities 2016-2017

The Summary Report on Activities is the first installment outlining SAR’s annual activities for the fiscal year spanning September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017. It covers the growth of our global network and our core work in protection, advocacy, and research & learning (values-promotion). A financial summary

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Free to Think 2017

Free to Think 2017 is the third installment in SAR’s reporting of attacks on higher education communities, analyzing 257 reported attacks on higher education communities in 35 countries, from September 1, 2016, to August 31, 2017. “Over the past year, we

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The Future of Value-Based Higher Education and Quality Assurance – The Future of Academic Freedom

The Webinar debated the contours of academic freedom both as it relates to institutions and quality assurance: What rights and obligations are attached to it from a European, Latin American and Scholars at Risk perspectives, and how these concepts are

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